Wow!  Can I say anything nice about our GE front loading washing machine experience?  Probably not.  With in one year the front rubber gasket seal broke, not sure how that happened. So we had major leaking isues.  It was not covered by the warranty and the seal, a piece of rubber cost around 120-130.00.  Then we would have to reinstall it ourselves, which who wants to worry about installing it right but then you can't afford to hae someone do it.  So we dealt with it the best we could.  With in a few mos after that, we started having door locking issues which then screwed up our cycles. ...